An economics lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Adu Owusu Sarkodie has indicated that the 2025 budget sought to fulfil most of the campaign promises.
He mentioned the Women's Development Bank, The Big Push, and 24-hour economy as some of the promises that the budget sought to fulfil. "The focus is more on fiscal consolidation.
I thought they should have kept the expenditure at 2024 levels but to cut it by 10 billion cedis was very huge but I understand them because if you keep it at very high you have to finance it," he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday March 15.
The government has allocated GH¢51.3 million as seed funding for the establishment of the Women's Development Bank (WDB) to support women entrepreneurs and traders.
